US 12,102,600 B2
Feeding set and enteral feeding pump assembly
Lisa Bauer, Buffalo Grove, IL (US); Douglas Komandt, Chicago, IL (US); Morgan Uridil, Evanston, IL (US); Luke Stevens, Long Grove, IL (US); Michael Turturro, Arlington Heights, IL (US); and Paulina Lowkis, Barrington, IL (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Northfield, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,746.
Application 17/398,746 is a continuation of application No. 16/458,900, filed on Jul. 1, 2019, granted, now 11,110,036.
Prior Publication US 2021/0369572 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61J 15/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61M 5/168 (2006.01); A61M 39/28 (2006.01)
CPC A61J 15/0092 (2013.01) [A61M 5/14232 (2013.01); A61M 5/16813 (2013.01); A61M 39/28 (2013.01); A61M 5/16877 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0482 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An enteral feed pump for use with a feeding set having a dispensing control valve shiftable between a plurality of positions, a first tubing element extending between an exit of the dispensing control valve and an attachment mechanism, one or more second tubing elements for fluidly connecting fluid nutrition or water to one or more inlets of the dispensing control valve, the enteral feed pump comprising:
a housing body;
a pump door hingedly attached to the housing body, the pump door movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration;
an internal panel coupled to and disposed between the housing body and the pump door, the internal panel having a portion covered by the pump door when the pump door is in the closed configuration;
a peristaltic pump disposed in the housing body and having a portion that is operable through an opening in the portion of the internal panel to engage with a section of the first tubing element;
an arm coupled to and movable relative to the internal panel, the arm operable to produce a translational movement that shifts the dispensing control valve between the plurality of positions;
a first peripheral edge of the internal panel configured to be releasably engaged by the dispensing control valve, the first peripheral edge defining an upper boundary of the internal panel with respect to the housing body; and
a second peripheral edge of the internal panel configured to be releasably engaged by the attachment mechanism, the second peripheral edge defining a lower boundary of the internal panel with respect to the housing body, wherein the lower boundary is opposite of the upper boundary and the opening is located between the upper boundary and the lower boundary.